New building permits from 16 U.S. cities, and how fresh each one is.
PermitHunter.io pulls permits straight from city and county open-data portals into one place. When a city stops publishing, we say so.
Latest permit on file, by source
Snapshot from November 3, 2026.
| City or county | Latest permit | Status |
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One format for every city
The same fields everywhere
Permit number, type, description, value, address and contractor, laid out the same way whether the permit came from Seattle or Miami-Dade.
Categories you can filter by
Permits are sorted into new construction, renovation and other, so you can go straight to the kind of work you sell.
A weekly digest
New permits for the cities and categories you choose, in your inbox once a week.
Open data has gaps. We don't hide them.
Some cities update every day. Some publish once a month. A few have stopped. Every source carries its own status, so you always know how much to trust what you're looking at.
What the weekly digest looks like
A short summary for each city you follow: how many permits were issued, how many are new construction, and when we last heard from the city.
- Austin, new construction142 permits
- Seattle, renovation96 permits
- Chicago, all types318 permits
